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The high-flying Gold Coast Titans take on competition heavyweights the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Cbus Super Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 5:30pm AEST.
When will NRL pundits take the Titans seriously as premiership contenders? That’s the question many Titans players have been asking after winning six of their first eight games in 2014.
It seems they still have a little more to prove in the eyes of their doubters, however, as they enter this contest as underdogs once again.
Their chances won’t be helped by the injury clouds hanging over the heads of playmakers Aidan Sezer and Albert Kelly. Cody Nelson is on standby, while Ashley Harrison and Greg Bird could also slot into the halves should either (or both) players succumb to injury.
In-form fullback David Mead retains the No. 1 jersey after a strong showing in City-Country, forcing regular custodian William Zillman to make his return from injury at right centre.
Mead’s form has seen him mentioned as a potential Blues Origin bolter, and he’ll be looking for another big performance to press his claims.
The Rabbitohs, meanwhile, have retained the same 17 that scraped home against the Broncos last week, with youngsters Alex Johnston and Kirisome Auva’a keeping veterans Nathan Merritt, Joel Reddy and Lote Tuqiri out of the squad.
As always, the presence of Greg Inglis and Burgess brothers George and Sam will keep the Titans on their toes, with all three men in typically devastating form.
It’s becoming increasingly tough to go against the Titans given their winning ways so far in 2014, and I think much will come down to whether Sezer and Kelly are fit to lead their team around the park.
That said, if the Rabbitohs’ big guns fire as they did in Brisbane last week, they’re going to be very hard to beat.
Toss a coin in this one – I’ll go with the Titans by 4.
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